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Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... annually for the next decade. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The banking group signed a 10 year contract with CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program, an initiative linked to the banking group's commitment to creating "meaningful career opportunities" ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... environmental issues facing Australia, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human rights, corruption energy, clean drinking water and youth ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... based on Australian equities that are screened to eliminate fossil fuel exposures. SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has made a AU$800,000 impact investment financing deal with an Indigenous cleaning ...

ARENA, NT government fund $55m PV project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the project, which will be managed by Power and Water Corporation (PWC). "ARENA is very pleased to be partnering with Indigenous Essential Services - a subsidiary of PWC - to deliver this exciting project, which will see a total of 10 MW of solar PV ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... total loan book up to AU$7.5 million. Ben Gales, SEFA CEO The three loans were made to MiHaven Property Fund to support Indigenous employment and training in Cairns; to King St Haven in Caboolture, Qld to fund the purchase of crisis accommodation; and ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... attract higher prices. This could potentially impact the price generated from carbon offsetting projects conducted by Indigenous groups in Australia, for example. "Significantly, buyers also indicated a willingness to pay up to 33% more per tonne of ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... to Philanthropy Australia's education program on impact investing. "Another example is the work that we've done in Indigenous finance and development," Benson said. "We have been recognised for our work - our reconciliation action plan (RAP) is the first ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... opportunities for income generation for carbon abatement and sequestration activities for a number of entities, including Indigenous groups. One of the earliest methodologies approved under the CFI certified traditional savanna burning, for example. ...

Natural Carbon announces Cape York CFI project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Pole Carbon has savannah burning projects in Africa, for example," he said. "I bring very long experience working with Indigenous people to the process as well - I've been working with traditional owners for nearly 40 years now."

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... engagement in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, University of Melbourne said. His research will also "focus on Indigenous and environmental collaborations for sustainability in Northern Australia," the university said. "Climate change is the great ...